http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/ India's FIRST and ONLY dedicated educational news site en-us 2007 National Network of Education Mon, 21 May 2012 11:29:18 GMT Mon, 21 May 2012 11:29:18 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/New_York_polytechnic_honours_Sam_Pitroda_15650/ New York: Polytechnic Institute of New York University, America's second-oldest private engineering school, has conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering on Sam Pitroda, adviser to Indian Prime Minster Manmohan Singh.Delivering the keynote address at the school's 157th Commencement here ... Mon, 21 May 2012 07:59:16 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Abu_Dhabi_to_host_education_summit_15597/ Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi will host an education summit from Monday-Wednesday.The Abu Dhabi Education Council will organise the event at Emirates Palace Hotel. Representatives from the government, civil society and the education sector will participate. The summit will focus on education reform. IANS... Mon, 07 May 2012 08:47:11 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Russia_plans_aerospace_university_15596/ Moscow: Russia is planning to set up an aerospace university to produce a new generation of professionals for the aviation and space industries, a minister said.Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said: "We have plans connected with the creation of a modern aerospace university, where we will produ... Mon, 07 May 2012 08:43:48 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/MIT_and_Harvard_University_to_launch_free_online_courses_15580/ New York: The prestigious Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have decided to launch an ambitious 60 million dollar initiative under which they will offer free online courses to students, a collaboration that will be headed by Indian origin professor Anant Agarwal.The MIT an... Fri, 04 May 2012 09:34:44 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/US_helping_India_to_establish_community_colleges_15533/ Washington: The United States is working with India to flesh out an initiative to set up hundreds of community colleges in India on the American pattern, according to state department spokesperson Victoria Nuland."Well, obviously, we support this initiative," said Victoria Nuland on Tuesday when ask... Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:03:20 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Lessons_in_tabla,_dholak_in_Trinidad_schools_15468/ Port-of-Spain: Nearly 167 years after Indians arrived here, the sounds of the tabla, dholak and harmonium will be heard in over 550 primary schools of Trinidad and Tobago which will now teach the Indian musical instruments to students.According to Education Minister Tim Gopeesingh, the cabinet has a... Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:33:46 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Two_Indians_among_2012_Yale_World_Fellows_15462/ Washington: Yale University has selected 16 World Fellows for 2012. Two of them are from India, bringing the total number of fellows from India to 11 since the programme started in 2002.India and Britain - each with 11 fellows - have had more fellows in the Ivy League university's signature global l... Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:39:42 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/First_Sino-US_joint_university_to_start_15452/ Beijing: New York University Shanghai, the first Sino-US joint higher education institute, will start to admit undergraduate students from next year.The first 300 undergraduates will study at East China Normal University, the Chinese partner of the joint institute, before the new campus is built.The... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:37:30 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Yale_University_brings_Hindi_debating_to_America_15449/ Washington: Students from America's top universities like Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Columbia are all set for a debate on the theme of "Higher education is not worth it" -- in Hindi!The fourth edition of the Yale Hindi Debate that has grown into a national event since its start in 2008 as an inter... Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:35:38 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/UAE_students_to_get_training_in_US_15446/ Abu Dhabi: A group of students from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will undertake a training programme in the US.Thirty-five students from different high schools will undergo an intensive training programme in Aerospace Engineering at Houston School in the US.All necessary arrangements have been com... Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:48:40 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Shanghai_may_get_its_first_boys_school_15431/ Beijing: Shanghai may soon have its first boys school if a plan by an education official gets the go-ahead.The single-sex school solution is being proposed in a bid to improve the academic performance of boys who are consistently outperformed by girls."I felt it's an educator's responsibility to sol... Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:10:02 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/World_Bank_offers_500_million_dollar_loan_for_education_in_India_15430/ Washington: The World Bank has offered $500 million interest-free credit to India for improving the standards of secondary education, an official statement said Friday.The World Bank on Thursday approved the credit that will help the Indian government's efforts to make good quality education "availa... Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:01:48 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Stanford_centre_opens_in_Beijing_15424/ Beijing: Stanford University of the US has launched a research centre in China -- in Peking University.The centre serves as the headquarters for Stanford staff conducting research and overseas programmes in China.But unlike its peers, the Stanford Centre owns a 36,000-square-meter building for Stanf... Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:36:58 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Sharjah_ruler_gets_honorary_doctorate_15409/ Paris: Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, ruler of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Paris Diderot.Sheikh Sultan got the doctorate in recognition of his continuous support to scientific research and the dissemination of culture... Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:55:09 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Software_turns_spoken_English_into_26_languages_15398/ London: Computer giant Microsoft has reportedly created a software dubbed the "Universal Translator" that can convert English language spoken to it into 26 different languages.Frank Soong and Rick Rashid -- from the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington - created the software which can also ... Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:20:39 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/UAE's_first_Confucius_institute_opened_15386/ Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan on Wednesday opened the Confucius Institute for Chinese Language at the Zayed Campus in Abu Dhabi's Khalifa city.A number of Sheikhs, diplomats and Chinese dignitaries joined th... Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:53:14 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Indian_varsity_to_teach_students_from_Mozambique_15385/ Maputo: An Indian university has tied up with a university in Mozambique to help provide "global career opportunities for students".The O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) on on Tuesday signed here a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of St. Thomas of Mozambique (USTM), a communique sai... Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:50:20 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Unesco_calls_for_girls_access_to_primary_education_15383/ Paris: Launching its global atlas of gender equality, Unesco on Tuesday called for action on further increasing enrollment of girls in primary education across the world.The atlas was released ahead of International Women's Day on March 8."This atlas is a call for action. The growth in girls' enroll... Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:21:32 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Cambridge_richest_university_in_Britain_15373/ London: The Cambridge University is worth 4 billion pounds - more than double the combined value of every other university in the country, excluding Oxford.The figure dwarfs second-placed Oxford, which has a value of 3.3 billion pounds. Only super-rich US universities, such as Harvard, boast deeper ... Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:48:35 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Digital_textbooks_enter_US_varsity_15367/ Los Angeles: As California State University (CSU), the largest public university system in the US, starts renting digital textbooks to students, the indisputable dominance of printed textbooks in US schools may be crumbling.Erik Fallis, spokesperson for the chancellor's office of the CSU said on Mon... Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:03:58 GMT